Jewelry apparatus

ABSTRACT

A gemstone arrangement is provided comprising: four gemstones, wherein the four gemstones are arranged in two rows and two columns to form a square having four sides each of the four sides made up of two of the gemstones sides; eight round cut gemstones, wherein two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a first side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a second side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a third side of the larger square, two of said eight round cut gemstones abut a fourth side of the larger square.

The present invention relates generally to jewelry and a method forsetting gemstones. In particular, the present invention relates toarrangements of gemstones that enhance their visual characteristics.

Gemstones may be arranged to enhance the appearance of the individualgems and the group of gems. Together, they may enhance their visualcharacteristics and cause light to reflect or refract providing avisually pleasing arrangement.

One issue within the art is that larger gemstones are more expensive, soit is desirable to provide a setting that looks like one large gemstone,but is in fact comprised of a number of smaller gemstones. However, thiscan be difficult to provide the appearance of a single solid gemstonewhen using only round gemstones.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,115 issued to Messica provides a central gem withcomplementary gemstones at least partially surrounding the central gemand a setting for the central gem and complementary gemstones. Thecomplementary gemstones are elongate gemstones each defining a separatelongitudinal axis. Each complementary gemstone has two diverging angledfaces forming an enclosure proximate to and positioning at least aportion of the faces to the pavilion of the central gem. The '115 patentprovides that at least a portion of the light passing inward through themounted complementary gemstones is refracted and enters into the centralgem and this refracted light can greatly enhance the appearance of thecentral gem. The '115 patent though, is very complicated to fabricateand expensive. Specifically, mounting gemstones of different heights isvery complicated. The complementary gemstones are twice the length ofthe center gem and in use this is very difficult to fabricate.

A continuing need exist within the art to provide a gemstone arrangementthat does not have complex requirements for the dimensions, positioningand type of the gemstones.

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with reference to the followingdescription and claims.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to systems and methods forsetting gemstones.

According to a first embodiment, a gemstone arrangement is providedcomprising: four gemstones, wherein the four gemstones are arranged intwo rows and two columns to form a square having four sides each of thefour sides made up of two of the gemstones sides; eight round cutgemstones, wherein two of the eight round cut gemstones abut a firstside of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstones abut asecond side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstonesabut a third side of the larger square, two of the eight round cutgemstones abut a fourth side of the larger square.

According to another embodiment, a gemstone arrangement is providedcomprising: four square cut gemstones, wherein the four gemstones arearranged in two rows and two columns to form a square having four sideseach of the four sides made up of two of the gemstones sides; eightround cut gemstones, wherein two of the eight round cut gemstones abut afirst side of the larger square, two of the eight round cut gemstonesabut a second side of the larger square, two of the eight round cutgemstones abut a third side of the larger square, two of the eight roundcut gemstones abut a fourth side of the larger square, wherein theheight of the four gemstones and the eight round cut gemstones arewithin thirty percent of the same height of any of the four gemstonesand the eight round cut gemstones.

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with reference to the followingdescription and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts the present invention;

FIG. 2 depicts the present invention;

FIG. 3 depicts the present invention;

FIG. 4 depicts the present invention;

FIG. 5 depicts the present invention;

FIG. 6 depicts the present invention;

FIG. 7 depicts the present invention;

FIG. 8 depicts the present invention; and

FIG. 9 depicts the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplatedmodes of carrying out the invention. The description is not to be takenin a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustratingthe general principles of the invention, since the scope of theinvention is best defined by the appended claims.

With reference to FIGS. 1-6, a gemstone arrangement is providedcomprising: Four gemstones (10, 12, 14, 16), wherein the four gemstones(10, 12, 14, 16) are arranged in two rows (14 and 12 make up one row and10 and 10 make up another row) and two columns (14 and 16 make up onecolumn and 12 and 10 make up a second column) to form a square havingfour sides each of the four sides made up of two of the gemstones sides.The term gemstone is interchangeable with jewel. Gemstones may bediamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphire, amethyst, or any other gemstoneknown within the art. It is envisioned that according to one embodiment,all of the gemstones are of similar heights and no gemstone is more thanone and a half times the height of any other gemstone. As shown in FIG.1, each side is made up of the sides of the two square gemstones. Forexample the first (top) side is made up of the top sides of gemstones 14and 12 together. The second (left) side is made up of the left sides ofgemstones 14 and 16, the third (bottom) side is made up of the bottomsof gemstones 16 and 10 and the fourth (right) side is made up of theright side of diamonds 12 and 10. There are also eight round cutgemstones, wherein two (18 and 20) of the eight round cut gemstones abuta first side (made up of gemstones 14 and 16) of the larger square, twoof the eight round cut gemstones (22 and 24) abut a second side of thelarger square (made up of the sides of 14 and 16), two of the eightround cut gemstones (26 and 28) abut a third side of the larger square(made up of the bottoms of gemstones 16 and 10), two of the eight roundcut gemstones (30 and 32) abut a fourth side of the larger square (madeup of the right sides of gemstones 12 and 10). The height of the fourgemstones (10, 12, 14 and 16) and the eight round cut gemstones (18, 20,22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32) are within thirty percent of the same height ofany of the four gemstones and the eight round cut gemstones. This is tosay the height of each gemstone is within 30 percent plus or minus anyof the other gemstones. According to one embodiment, the one of theeight round cut gemstones (18) abuts an outer edge of square cutdiamonds (12), one of the eight round cut gemstones (20) abuts an outeredge of square cut diamond (14), one of the eight round cut gemstones(22) abuts an outer edge of square cut diamonds (14), one of the eightround cut gemstones (24) abuts an outer edge of square cut diamonds(16), one of the eight round cut gemstones (26) abuts an outer edge ofsquare cut diamonds (16), one of the eight round cut gemstones (28)abuts an outer edge of square cut diamonds (10), one of the eight roundcut gemstones (30) abuts an outer edge of square cut diamonds (10) andone of the eight round cut gemstones (32) abuts an outer edge of squarecut diamonds (12). The four center gemstones (10, 12, 14, 16) are squarecut. Each gemstone may be held in place by a prong setting (e.g. 34, 36,38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56). According to one embodiment,there are two prong settings approximately half way along one side (forexample prongs 34 and 36 are halfway along the side formed by the topsof diamonds 12 and 14). It should be envisioned that many differentsettings, including prong, pave, pressure, tension, channel, invisibleround, invisible princess and nick may be sued without departing fromthe present invention. Also, according to one embodiment there areprongs at each corner of the four square cut gemstones (10, 12, 14 and16). There may also be a second prong at the midway point of each sideholding in two diamonds in place. For example, prong 34 is at the midwaypoint of the side formed by square cut gemstones (12 and 14) and holdsin gemstones (18) and (20). Prong (42) is at the midway point of theside formed by square cut gemstones (14 and 16) and holds in roundgemstones (22) and (24). Prong (46) is at the midway point of the sideformed by square cut gemstones (16 and 10) and holds in round gemstones(26) and (28). Prong (54) is at the midway point of the side formed bysquare cut gemstones (12 and 10) and holds in round gemstones (32) and(30). The diamonds may also be set in an invisible setting. An invisiblesetting is one in which the stones closely abut one another so as toconvey the appearance of a continuous integral precious stone.

As shown in FIG. 7, the four gemstones may be at a first height (100)and the eight round cut gemstones (102) are at a second height.According to the embodiment shown, the four square center gemstones area shorter height (100) than the height (102) of the eight round cutgemstones. The four square center gemstones may also be at a heightgreater than the height of the eight round cut gemstones. As shown inFIG. 8, each of the eight round cut gemstones may be arranged at anangle towards the four center square gemstones (as depicted by gemstones(150 and 152). The eight roung cut gemstones may also arranged at anangle away from the four center square gemstones. The four gemstones maybe a first color and the eight round cut gemstones may be a secondcolor. It is also envisioned that the setting may be on many differentmounts, including earrings (200), ring (170), pendant (180) and abracelet. The arrangement may also be repeated (182, 184, 186), as shownin FIG. 9.

It should be understood that the foregoing relates to preferredembodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in thefollowing claims.

1. A gemstone arrangement comprising: Four gemstones, wherein said fourgemstones are arranged in two rows and two columns to form a squarehaving four sides each of said four sides made up of two of saidgemstones sides; Eight round cut gemstones, wherein two of said eightround cut gemstones abut a first side of said larger square, two of saideight round cut gemstones abut a second side of said larger square, twoof said eight round cut gemstones abut a third side of said largersquare, two of said eight round cut gemstones abut a fourth side of saidlarger square.
 2. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 1, wherein saidfour gemstones are square cut.
 3. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 1,wherein each said diamond is held in place by at least one prongsetting.
 4. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 1, wherein each saiddiamond is set in an invisible setting.
 5. A gemstone arrangement as inclaim 1, wherein said four gemstones are at a first height and saideight round cut gemstones are at a second height.
 6. A gemstonearrangement as in claim 1, wherein each of said eight round cutgemstones are arranged at an angle to title towards said square.
 7. Agemstone arrangement as in claim 1, wherein the height of said fourgemstones and said eight round cut gemstones are within thirty percentof the same height of any of said four gemstones and said eight roundcut gemstones.
 8. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 1, wherein saidfour gemstones are a first color and said eight round cut gemstones area second color.
 9. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 1, furthercomprising a mount, wherein said mount is selected from the groupconsisting of earrings, ring, bracelet and pendant.
 10. A gemstonearrangement as in claim 1, wherein said arrangement is repeated.
 11. Agemstone arrangement comprising: Four square cut gemstones, wherein saidfour gemstones are arranged in two rows and two columns to form a squarehaving four sides each of said four sides made up of two of saidgemstones sides; Eight round cut gemstones, wherein two of said eightround cut gemstones abut a first side of said larger square, two of saideight round cut gemstones abut a second side of said larger square, twoof said eight round cut gemstones abut a third side of said largersquare, two of said eight round cut gemstones abut a fourth side of saidlarger square, wherein the height of said four gemstones and said eightround cut gemstones are within thirty percent of the same height of anyof said four gemstones and said eight round cut gemstones.
 12. Agemstone arrangement as in claim 11, wherein each said diamond is heldin place by at least one prong setting.
 13. A gemstone arrangement as inclaim 11, wherein each said diamond is set in an invisible setting. 14.A gemstone arrangement as in claim 11, wherein said four gemstones areat a first height and said eight round cut gemstones are at a secondheight.
 15. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 11, wherein each of saideight round cut gemstones are arranged at an angle to title towards saidsquare.
 16. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 11, wherein said fourgemstones are a first color and said eight round cut gemstones are asecond color.
 17. A gemstone arrangement as in claim 11, furthercomprising a mount, wherein said mount is selected from the groupconsisting of earrings, ring, bracelet and pendant.
 18. A gemstonearrangement as in claim 11, wherein said arrangement is repeated.